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Made my way down the stairs into the dark "cellar" flanked by three handsome gentlemen (my daddy, my bf, and his dad) and got my red rose....wore red shoes to match the rose! :)
We were seated and got our complementary mountain spring water and bread....I got a glass of Riesling to accompany my meal.
My favorite part of the meal was the individually tossed salads tableside...I think I can come back here just for that. I had romaine with egg, mushroom, tomato, anchovy, bay shrimp, artichokes, hearts of palm, crouton, parmesan, maybe a few other things I can't remember, and honey-walnut vinaigrette. soooo good!!!
~raspberry sorbet intermezzo was tasty~
I ordered tournedos Hugo. 2 5-oz filets topped with foie gras and artichoke in bernaise sauce, came with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, baby carrots, white and green asparagrus, and sauteed mushrooms. The foie gras was not my favorite, too pasty and no crust or juiciness like at Rosemary's. In fact, it was barely on the second steak. The artichokes here, unlike in the salad, were tough to eat.
However, the filet was amazingly tender and the sauce delicious. I gave my leftovers to my bf (aka disposal), as did my dad (he ordered the 16 oz ribeye).
Dessert: chocolate dipped figs, strawberries and apricots with cream dip were soooo yummy!!!!
In conclusion, great service and probably a place you go once or twice in a lifetime! So in Hugo's honor, I made an interesting salad for lunch today.
My rose is in a water-bottle-vase that I made, but the fun was walking around all dressed up in the Four Queens holding it and I looked stunning (with the red shoes of course) and watching my dad win at craps.
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